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Justine Siegal became the first woman to pitch batting practice in a major league spring training camp when she threw to the Cleveland Indians on Monday.

Years and years ago, when I was a sportswriter, I covered the Minnesota Twins in spring training at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. It was a rickety old ballpark. Not only was this a cushy assignment in terms of intensity and pacing, but I would say it was virtually an inconvenience for a ball club to actually have to print tickets so paying customers could watch a game. Crowds of 600 seemed about average. I only mention this because for the first time in about 25 years, I returned to spring training in Florida. The Twins now train in Fort...

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<p>March 18, 2003 -- TAMPA - Roger Clemens still remembers the dull ache that filled the family living room that terrible evening in 1969, the unguarded fear in his mother's eyes. Dread at the dinner hour. His brother stared straight ahead at the television, watching the numbers tumble onto the screen, until the one he was waiting for appeared. Then Richard Clemens walked wordlessly back to his room and shut the door as his mother fell to her knees, seized with sadness.</p>

New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui of Japan is hit by a foul ball during his turn at the plate in the third inning against the Cincinnati Reds in spring training game action in Tampa, Florida, February 27, 2003. Matsui was not injured and moments later hit a two-run home run, his first as a Yankee. REUTERS/Charles W Luzier

Atlanta Braves: Greg Maddux was tagged for nine runs, walked six and had an error in just four innings Friday as the Cleveland Indians routed the Braves 9-2. How rare was the beating? Maddux has never allowed nine runs in a regular-season or postseason game. The last time he walked six batters in a regular-season game was June 1, 1994 at St. Louis -- but he allowed no runs and won the game. In fact, Maddux has walked six or more hitters just seven times in 501 career starts in the regular season; he's walked six on six different occasions...